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Unpacking the Biden Administration’s Last-Minute Antitrust Worker Protections

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In the final week of the Biden administration, the antitrust enforcement agencies – the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) – released two policies potentially impacting labor markets. The...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC Announces Withdrawal of Healthcare Policy Statements

As Bradley forecasted in February, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced the withdrawal of two healthcare antitrust policy statements: Statements of Antitrust Enforcement Policy in Health Care (1996) and...more

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DOJ Withdraws Long-Standing Health Care Antitrust Policy Statements

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On 3 February 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division (Division) announced its withdrawal of three long-standing antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in the health care industry. The policy...more

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DOJ Signals Heightened Scrutiny on Information Exchanges and Competitor Collaborations

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On February 3, 2023, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced the withdrawal of three policy statements related to antitrust enforcement in healthcare. Although the withdrawn statements focus on...more

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A New Vacuum in Antitrust? DOJ Withdraws Longstanding Health Care Enforcement Statements

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With little warning the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced on February 3 the withdrawal of three critical pieces of guidance for the health care industry...more

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To Share or Not to Share: DOJ Withdraws Information Sharing Guidance

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently withdrew three sets of policy statements regarding the US antitrust agencies’ enforcement approach to conduct in the healthcare industry that may have broader...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOJ’s Antitrust Division Withdraws Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements

Calling them “outdated” and “overly permissive,” the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division on February 3, 2023, announced the withdrawal of three long-standing antitrust policy statements related to enforcement in...more

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U.S. Department of Justice Withdraws Longstanding Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements, Causing Uncertainty

It has already been a busy 2023 for the U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies.  Right on the heels of the Federal Trade Commission’s announcement of a proposed rule that potentially would ban non-compete agreements nationally,...more

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DOJ Withdraws Healthcare Antitrust Policy Statements

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, recently withdrew three sets of guidelines that had been relied upon heavily by the healthcare industry: the 1993 Antitrust Enforcement Policy Statements Issued for...more

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DOJ’s Rescission of Longstanding Guidance Creates Uncertainty for Market Benchmarking Activities

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division is withdrawing three enforcement policy statements that provided important guidance on the exchange of competitively sensitive information through third parties. The...more

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Another One Bites the Dust: DOJ Pulls 3 Policy Statements, Leaving Trade Associations Guessing

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During the course of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have demonstrated an invigorated and sustained policy interest in increasing competition across various...more

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Federal Trade Commission Signals Dramatic Shift in Antitrust Enforcement

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On November 10, 2022 the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a Policy Statement that is nothing less than a seismic shift in antitrust precedent and practice. In the Statement, the Commission asserts that Section 5 of...more

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It’s Not a Threat, It’s a Promise: Timeline of the DOJ’s Statements and Actions Against Wage Fixing and No Poach Agreements

Over the past year, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has increasingly been hot on the heels of suspected anti-competitive labor violations. To date, the DOJ has brought a few actions against employers across industries...more

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Senators Urge DOJ to Develop Antitrust Guidance for Licensing of Standard Essential Patents

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On Monday, October 21, 2019, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice pushing it to provide greater clarity as to its antitrust enforcement policy on...more

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DOJ Antitrust Division Announces Landmark Policy Incentivizing Corporate Compliance

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On July 11, 2019, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice announced a key policy change that now permits the Division to consider the existence and efficacy of corporate compliance programs in its...more

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